House, M.D.

Last minute reveal made me think baout things

My DVR cut off. Why was the FBI coming after that guy? Serial killer or something?

Yep and a cannibalistic one at that (hence the bones in his intestines). Wanted for 13 unsolved murders.

I had kinda figured that out 1/2 way through but the wasn't sure by the end. House in monster truck was LOL because it looked so obv fake.

I skipped a bunch of the mid-season episodes because the House/Cuddy thing was driving me nuts, but I came back to it last night and it was pretty good.

Perfect timing too, because Thirteen comes back next ep!

I know quite well this show always had a dose of soap opera in its DNA. But this season it's gone way too far.

It took one second for this show to get good again, and all that happened was Thirteen being reintroduced into the story. I've never been a stan of hers in particular, but she left a crazy and obviously hard-to-fill void when she went on sabbatical and I might be a stan now.

i'm not that convinced, but i did think the episodes since cuddy-house broke up have been the best in the last couple seasons and this one was welcomely not terrible. (house telling thirteen SPOILER that he'd kill her was actually legit moving and one of the first emotional beats House has hit recently that feels earned)

thank u sky for buggering abt w/the scheduling of this show once again

"house telling thirteen SPOILER that he'd kill her was actually legit moving"

i feel what was great about this scene was it wasn't moving -- there was zero dramatic movement to get House to that point
because as a character, he's down with it from the beginning -- ain't no thing to House. It's the opposite of the Chase episode
where he kills James Earl Jones and psychically vomits for the rest of the season.

also house euthanized a fellow doctor (not one he'd worked with, but still philosophically similar) in season 1 or 2 iirc.

I considered House aiming the spud launcher at the kid as sort of an emotional moment for House

"there was zero dramatic movement to get House to that point because as a character, he's down with it from the beginning"

That's why it was moving!

it was an incredible kindness communicated in a very understated, real, human way.

The kindness was in him actually saying it to her in a non-jokey way. Obviously he'll do it, she probably already knew that. But the fact that he just said it and left it at that with no messing about was very touching.

The script wasn't worthy of Donal Logue's skills but it was nice to see him getting some work tonight.

Agreed, but I really hope he stopped payment on the $10M check.

I'm really liking post-euthanasia Thirteen, though.

damn, why couldn't Thirteen had been this OK earlier on? her return has breathed some new life into this show's corpse.

Foreman and Chase are the most stale characters on the show. It's nice that they are trying to attach them to humorous plotlines but I don't think they will ever be less stale. That being said I can't even remember what sort of plotlines they were involved with in the first 2-3 seasons

Don't ask me, I'm just reposting...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfChpBtPK2Y

***SPOILERS***

okay, experimental rat drugs? tumors? self-surgery in the bathroom? the writers are all on crank now, I guess.

How about House getting really aggressive as the episode reached its conclusion? 'Roid rage?

You know what I noticed recently? They have used "You Can't Always Get What You Want" in this show SO MANY TIMES. I mean it's a great song but c'mon. Get a new tune.

I think that either there's a television music rut or there was a fire sale on using that song! It was on Californication three or four times, too.

holy shit this is the most disturbing House episode they have ever made

GODDAMN IT MY DVR IS NOT RECORDING

House's self-surgery reminded me of Geek Love

"You Can't Always Get What You Want" was referenced in the pilot, so i think they're deliberately working it as a recurring theme. it really is one of those songs that's just been soundtracked to death in TV and movies, though.

So, Rachel wants playdates with House, and House wants "playdates" with Cuddy?

Lisa Edelstein walks

House fandom, brace for impact: Dr. Cuddy is checking out.

Lisa Edelstein — whose long-term contract expires this month — has opted not to return for the show’s eighth and likely final season.

In a statement, the actress says, “After much consideration, I am moving onward with a combination of disappointment at leaving behind a character I have loved playing for seven years and excitement of the new opportunities in acting and producing that lie ahead.”

Fox and NBC Universal declined to comment.

Back in March — when the future of House itself was up in the air — Edelstein told TVLine, “Nobody at work seems to think it won’t return. Everybody wants to come to a deal, and I certainly am looking forward to a Season 8.”

i think im starting to get bored with it. there is only so much "check the house for toxins" i can take.

lol at the double entendre of "check the house for toxins"

I like Cuddy on the show, but they ruined the character this season (to the point of me dropping the show until she and House were done dating) and I'm not surprised she wants to leave.

the writing has been on the wall for a while (since Laurie's contract ends next year too). the best we can hope for is that the show goes out with a bang next year.

well, they were done dating for a while already Johnny

oh nvm

the episode last season (?) from cuddy's perspective (where she negotiates a new deal with the insurance companies [?] and deals with house's bullshit all day) was probably her character's high point.

holy shit this is the most disturbing House episode they have ever made

lol Mordy it reminded me of Trauma Center (which you should play if you haven't (actually if you haven't played it you should just play the sequel, it's better))!

everyone in crisis, talb gonna have a babby

I **do not** see why he thought it was a good idea to tell a stripper about her fucking mole? P sure she knows, it's not like strip clubs are a mirror-free zone in which you never know your own body. Fucking self-deluding bullshit thinking he's doing her a favor with such crepey behavior.

I get the point of House is to make people do things that humans never do to illustrate hamfisted pshychological points but still.

Aw I thought he was just being nice? Maybe she didn't know what bad moles look like?

IDK I also admit to a bias of totally thinking Talb is a waste of time as a character.

^agree w this; that strip club scene was entirely bogus. This season has been littered w/ little in-your-face reminders of why this is really one of the worst shows on TV

/bellyache

Do you watch TV?

House whiners should be forced to watch bravo until they eat their own poo

just sayin

I liked that redhead who dressed like she was in a vintage Archie comic, sad to see her go.

there aren't enough shows on tv about successful people who are miserable

I realize you are probably trying to be lol ironical but seriously when house is good it still does that better than anything else on network telly